THE WEDDING DRESS, 2004 CALENDAR

editors at texas tech university press

ISBN 10: 0896725014 / ISBN 13: 9780896725010

Published by Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, TX, 2003

About this Item

Very good/none, used, color illustrated stiff paper wraps, not paginated but 24 pages by my count. Interior is clean, no marks, binding tight. Slight rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears. Images and text from 12 North American public and private collections featuring more than 60 gowns, accessories, details and historical portraits and anecdotes. This item is a vintage wall calendar.

Seller Inventory # 033056

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE WEDDING DRESS, 2004 CALENDAR
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, TX
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0896725014
• ISBN 13: 9780896725010
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

About this title

Synopsis

White satin, orange blossoms, veils of tulle and pearls-from earliest colonial days, wedding dress has taken on as much symbolism as any American textile, including Old Glory.What the wedding represents to Americans in all walks of life, throughout wartime and peace, hardship and prosperity, weaves so richly throughout our national history and culture that it seems at times the warp of the American Dream itself.Though the cost of today's average wedding dress documents its continuing power as a cultural icon, it does not undercut the symbolic value of even the plainest hard-sewn gowns of wool on the frontier.Featuring more than seventy gowns and other objects of wedding dress from twelve North American public and private collections, this CSA book-on-the-wall connects our most evocative material culture to its narrative history. Stories and custom of American weddings from 1800 to mid-twentieth century, of mail-order, wartime, and society brides, punctuate this lush month-by-month exhibit of perennial symbols of happily ever after.Contributors for 2004 are Maine Historical Society; Stephens College Historical Costume Collection; California Historical Society; University of Alberta; Southern Oregon Historical Society; Susan Anthony, private collector; Preservation Society of Newport County; The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Molly Brown House; Public Museum of Grand Rapids; The Museum of Texas Tech University; and Kansas State University Historic Costume Museum.

About the Author

Sally Queen is the editor and creator of The Historic Fashions Calendar Series begun in 1998. Ms. Queen has a Bachelor of Science in Clothing and Textiles from the University of Arizona. Clothing,textiles, and crafts are the common thread through her 26-year career.

She was the manager of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation costume program from 1987-1995. In traveling to collections looking for 18th century designs gave her an appreciation for American collections and the treasures in America's closets.